On 24 Oct 99 12:12:25 +0100, Andrew Tait wrote:
>
> Ian Armstrong wrote the following about [netconnect] Re: NC3 Teething Problems:
> > On 24 Oct 99 10:09:44 +0100, Andrew Tait wrote:
[...]
> > > Octopus? Well, it works,
> > > but it DID delete my IBrowse executable. Be very careful if you're
> > > setting it up to run other programs. BACK UP THE EXECUTABLE FIRST!
> >
> > That's worrying. I had a similar problem with StrICQ. I set it up under
> > Octopus, went to run it and found out the file size had been set to 0.
> > Fortunately I did a full backup before installing NC3 so it was easy to
> > restore. I can't say for certain what did destroy the file, but it *was*
> > there when I started.
>
> Exactly what happened to me!! 6 times is total. It seems to be
> something to do with setting it run a file as "WB" instead of CLI.
> The file size gets set to 0, which implies a "write" has been
> attempted to the executable.
>
> I suppose that setting the flags for executables to R--- instead of
> RWED might help, but Octy should _not_ be trying to kill our nice
> files.
After finding a few more programs with a file size of zero, I thought
I'd have a look. Snoopdos showed the following:-
193 OctopusPrefs Open Internet:NetConnect3/Programs/stricq/STRICQ Write OK
Ouch! It does this not when you first select the file, but when you OK
the 'Edit Icon' window. As well as 'WB', 'DOS Script' also destroys the
file. I didn't try any more after that one.
--
Ian
http://www.iarmst.demon.co.uk
ICQ #7190975
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